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  • 51precipitate — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, abrupt, accelerate, accident prone, ad lib, advance, advanced, aftereffect, aftermath, agile, alluvion, alluvium, arduous, ash, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, breakneck, breathless, bring… …

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  • 52spatter — Synonyms and related words: asperge, barrage, beat, beating, bedabble, bedaub, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bread, crumb, dab, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, daub, dew, dot, douche, dredge,… …

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  • 53spit — Synonyms and related words: andiron, assibilate, assibilation, auger, bayonet, bill, bite, bore, breakwater, broach, buzz, cape, chain, chersonese, clack, click, clone, coal tongs, color, copy, coral reef, counterpart, countersink, crack, crackle …

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  • 54stream — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, X ray, Zeitgeist, abound, abundance, actinic ray, actinism, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appear, arise, ascend,… …

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  • 55tattoo — Synonyms and related words: band, bang, bar, barrage, bash, bat, bay, beat, beating, beep, belt, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, biff, birthmark, blare, blast, blat, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, blow, bonk, bowshot, brand, bray, bullet,… …

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  • 56weep — Synonyms and related words: bag, bawl, bemoan, bewail, bleed, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, cascade, condense, cry, daggle, dangle, depend, deplore, dirge, discharge, dissolve in tears, distill, drabble, drag, draggle, drape,… …

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  • 57Frequentative — In grammar, a frequentative form of a word is one which indicates repeated action. The frequentative form can be considered a separate, but not completely independent word, called a frequentative. English frequentative is no longer productive,… …

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  • 58барабанить — БАРАБАНИТЬ1, несов., чем и без доп. Производить громкие, гулкие, раскатистые звуки, шумы с помощью ударного музыкального инструмента (барабана, литавр и т.п.); Син.: бить (в барабан) [impf. to drum, play the drum, beat the drum]. Сухая дробь… …

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  • 59storm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hurricane, tempest, tornado; spate, flood; cloudburst, blizzard; outburst, commotion; assault, onslaught, attack. v. assault, assail, attack; rage, rant; bluster; blow violently, pour, rain, snow. See …

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  • 60List of minor The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters — The following is an alphabetical list of the minor characters in the various versions of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. The descriptions of the characters are accompanied by information on details about appearances and… …

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